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Species Panorpa nuptialis - Nuptial Scorpionfly

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Mecoptera (Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies)
Family Panorpidae (Common Scorpionflies)
Genus Panorpa
No Taxon (lugubris species group)
Species nuptialis (Nuptial Scorpionfly)
Explanation of Names
Panorpa nuptialis Gerstaecker 1863
Identification
Large for this genus. Wings distinctive, heavily marked with broad dark bands
Range
so. central US (MO-AL-TX); Mexico(1)(2)
Season
Sep-Nov (to early Dec in the so. part of range), peak emergence in Oct(2)
Remarks
in(3), the name of the author is misspelled and the range is erroneously described
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